Friday Hypothetical #2

General Pub
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Okay. I’m momentarily putting aside my tendency to talk about everything except cycling on this forum.

Friday Hypothetical #2: If every person who’s ever appeared on the tour de France podium was brought back to life and/or form (and specifically to the height of their ability) and then was entered into next year’s Tour de France (which will apparently feature some big mountains for the 100th race) – How would the race play out?

EDIT: I’ll accept three extra riders of your choosing who never made the podium but deserve to be in there.

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It would still be 21-22 days of racing with 2 ‘rest’ days.
A lot of people would be shocked that someone had come ‘back from the dead’.
In between races I assume lots of scientists would be doing test on the ‘Lazarus’ rider

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It would still be 21-22 days of racing with 2 ‘rest’ days.
A lot of people would be shocked that people had come ‘back from the dead’.
In between races I assume lots of scientists would be doing test on the said riders.

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So how long would we give Maurice Garin to learn how to use brakes and SRAM double-tap (and will he be allowed to smoke in the peleton)??

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i reckon the 7 lance armstrongs would work well together and figure out a way to win.

(8 including the 3rd place actually…yep wiki).

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Reckon he’d do better than today’s show ponies having to carry all spares (bike and clothing), solving your own mechanicals…and riding prodigious distances dawn to dusk

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Fausto Coppi & Jacques Anquetil, plus Luis Ocaña, who had some classic battles with Merckx.

For no reason other than I’d like to seem them ride hard.

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Current riders Training loads = that they would smash all past winners IMO.

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are we allowing riders at their performance-enhanced best?

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+1 would be heaps more interesting to have everyone from every TDF podium go back to 1903.

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Should be per their podium condition.

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fofonov

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Contador and Coppi

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Merckx v moser. Battle royale

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chezx vs mat gray

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I’ve seen this, it was a good sight.

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1986 lemond v 1971 merckx v 2004 armstrong.
i’d love to see that!

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1986 lemond v 1971 merckx v 2004 armstrong.
i’d love to see that!

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andy schleck, contador, evans, wiggins, 2011.

keep in mind i have no idea wtf i’m talkin about.

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Stoked that this is still considered a thing. The only way I get get close to beating Mat these days is to get him really, really drunk beforehand.